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Francisco Casavella

フランシスコ・カサベーリャ

Furanshisuko Kasaberiya

Aliases: Francisco García Hortelano

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1963-10-15 (Barcelona)
Died
2008-12-17 (Barcelona) age 45
Nationality
Spain
Languages
Spanish, Catalan
Residence History
Barcelona

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Screenwriter
Active Years
1990-2008

Awards

Tigre Juan Award
1990
Work: El triunfo
Organization: Tigre Juan
Result: 受賞
Premio Nadal
2008
Work: Lo que sé de los vampiros
Organization: Destino
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Lo que sé de los vampiros

2008 Historical Tragicomedy

A historical tragicomedy set in 18th century Europe.

Translations
  • Translated into different languages

El día del Watusi

2002 Novel Trilogy

A trilogy portraying Barcelona in the last quarter of the 20th century.

El triunfo

1990 Novel

Award-winning unpublished novel.

Bibliography

  • The Triumph (1990)
  • Quédate (1993)
  • Un enano español se suicida en Las Vegas (1997)
  • El secreto de las fiestas (1997)
  • The Day of the Watusi. The fierce games (2002)
  • The Day of the Watusi. Wind and jewels (2002)
  • The Day of the Watusi. The impossible language (2003)
  • What I know of the Vampires (2008)

Adaptations

  • Antártida (1995, screenwriter)
  • Dues dones (1998, screenwriter)

Translations of Works

  • Translations of Lo que sé de los vampiros

Health

  • Heart attack
    2008年
    Died at age 45

Legacy

Spanish novelist known for works set in Barcelona, winner of the Nadal Prize.

Trivia

  • Used the pseudonym Francisco Casavella because his real surname coincided with another novelist, Juan García Hortelano.